Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's travel center company for "many years'' engaged in a fraud scheme to keep money owed to customers as gas rebates, according to documents filed in federal court Thursday.
The documents further say Haslam knew about the fraud committed by top sales officials at his family business, Pilot Flying J, in which employees targeted unsophisticated trucking companies through a rebate program. Federal documents unsealed today also say he was present for discussions about the rebate fraud activities.

Well it looks like Cleveland will have another new owner. Eddie DeBartolo did lose the 49ers to a extortion charge and I expect the same outcome for Halsem after this gets all resolved if he actually knew this was going on.

Nothing surprising here. Pro sports owners tend to be either ruthless businessmen (and their families). These men/women didn't get into their positions without being smart and perhaps immoral in their actions. These kinds of practices are pervasive in business. That's how the big companies get and stay so big. They push every advantage they can. It's like pro sports. If you're not cheating, you're not trying...